More than 700 local Democrats took part in a redo delegate election Sunday after an earlier contest was marred by allegations of fraud, and state party officials determined scores of votes had been improperly cast.

Democrats will redo an election of local delegates Sunday, after party officials in Sacramento ruled that about 16% of voters in an election earlier this year had improperly cast ballots.
The issue began when friends and associates of the losing slate of...

Beginning in April 2017, the trustees of the Glendale Community College board are expected to be elected from five separate districts within Glendale, according to a plan the board agreed to adopt earlier this month.
College officials began looking to...

Of the 16 candidates for Glendale City Council, school board, and the college’s board of trustees, at least six have records of bankruptcies, tax liens, credit card collections and other matters, a News-Press investigation has revealed.
The...

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank) said that former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's decision not to run for the U.S. Senate "means that there is a profound opportunity for a strong Southern California candidate" and signaled he is open to being that...

Los Angeles County Deputy District Atty. and La Caņada resident Debra Archuleta has announced plans to run for Los Angeles County Superior Court judge next year, a move she hopes will bring new challenges to her law career, now in its 24th year.
Although Archuleta applied for appointment last year and is waiting on news from Gov. Jerry Brown's office, she is preparing to campaign before the county's nearly 5 million registered voters in advance of the 2016 presidential election.
"I'm hoping Gov. Brown...

A national political action committee that supports candidates who it believes will support the interests of Realtors reported nearly $23,000 in expenditures in support of Burbank City Council candidate Christopher Rizzotti’s campaign.
The Chicago-based political fund of the National Assn. of Realtors filed the report on Thursday indicating that they had paid for several expenses in support of Rizzotti’s campaign, including $10,500 for a poll and more than $1,000 for telephone calls. The...

Andrew Blumenfeld, president of the La Caņada Unified School District Governing Board, has announced his plans to run for California's 43rd Assembly District in 2016.
News traveled through social media sites this weekend as people visited his nascent campaign page, andrew4assembly.com, though Blumenfeld said Tuesday he'd been thinking of running for some time.
"This has been something I've been discussing with close personal friends and people I know personally for awhile," he said. "It just seems the...

For Juan Guillen, a candidate for the Burbank City Council in the Feb. 24 primary election, endorsements aren’t something he’s been aggressively seeking.
“I haven’t really asked for endorsements,” he said. “People have stepped up.”
People such as Mayor David Gordon and former Mayor Mary Lou Howard have backed Guillen, who has some of the fewest endorsements of the council candidates — just four – though he said he’s not listing the name of...

With Burbank’s primary election less than a month away, the leader in the school board money race is Woodbury professor Armond Aghakhanian, who has raised nearly $12,000 as of Jan. 10.
He is one of six candidates vying for three open seats on the school board.
While he will host his first — and potentially last — major fundraiser on Wednesday, he said much of his dollars have come from supportive family and friends and friends of friends.
INFOGRAPHICS: Campaign contributions for...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) said Thursday that he is seriously considering running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer, who announced she will retire after her term ends in 2016.
“Since Sen. Boxer announced her retirement, I have been encouraged by many Californians to run for her seat in 2016,” Schiff said in a statement. “As the opportunity to run for a California Senate seat comes around very seldom, and I would relish the chance to serve the entire state, I am...

As a new year begins in Glendale, several changes may be on the horizon.
Officials with the city of Glendale, Glendale Unified school district and Glendale Community College are all eyeing to shift their voting systems from an at-large structure to one based on districts in response to possible litigation under state legislation.
The possible transfer of an area called Sagebrush from Glendale Unified to the La Caņada Unified school district is still up in the air. Glendale Unified officials estimate...